Mobile Suit Gundam - The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (Movie)
by Yoshiyuki Tomino
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Actor: Hirotaka Suzuoki, Michael Dobson, Sh?ichi Ikeda, T?ru Furuya, Y? InoueDirector: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Producer: Kenji Uchida
Producer: Satoru Matsumoto
Producer: Takayuki Yoshii
Writer: Hajime Yatate
Writer: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 55 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bandai
Movie Reviews of Mobile Suit Gundam - The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (Movie)
Movie Review: How much is 5-minutes worth to you?
Summary: 3 Stars
For 2008, I made a decision to watch every Mobile Suit Gundam release (Universal Century) released on DVD. With the film trilogy which I watched back in the early 90's, the first series I was able to purchase was "Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team".
In my review, I went on and on on how much I enjoyed the overall storyline because it was more realistic and also a leadership trait I found with its main character Shiro Amada and him falling in love with Zeon pilot, Aina Sakhalin.
In Japan, with the success of a television series or series in general, there tends to be a special that focuses on clips from the series. Sometimes you get additional footage and fortunately for "MILLER'S REPORT", you get footage covering Shiro Amada's trial as he is standing trial on being a spy for the Zeon.
Alice Miller, an officer of the Federation Intelligence Division has been dispatched to find the truth of why Shiro Amada a) Let a Zeon officer go free (not once but twice) b) wWhy he did not capture the enemy mobile armor when that was his primary mission.
Of the 55-minutes of the special episode, five minutes or maybe less is actual additional footage and thus, the question is whether this special is worth purchasing.
Personally, for me, enjoying this series so much, not having it in my collection would seem like having a hole in the series and I would go crazy knowing that I didn't have a complete episode of "Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team".
It may be a rehashing of clips from the series but the fact is that there is additional footage that has Amada explaining to Miller of why he did what he did. Footage of Alice Miller pointing a gun at Amada's head with his team watching from a distance, footage of how the Federation got to know about Amada's relationship with Aina and also footage of Eledore returning back to the 08th MS Team after recuperating from the hospital.
No matter the duration of the content, the fact is that... again, it's still new and additional content not on the series.
So, if you are fan of the series, then yes...I recommend it as a must-buy for your collection. But if you are a viewer on a budget, then you have to ask yourself is five minutes of additional content worth it
Personally, the series is worth it. I enjoyed this series so much that I'm happy to own this DVD. Again, if I didn't purchase this, knowing that there is a DVD (even though it features mostly video clips from the series) with new additional content, not purchasing it would make me feel I had an incomplete collection.
I've read may people complaining that its Bandai's way of cashing in on the series but I never saw it that way. I've been watching Japanese entertainment for so long, from drama series to variety shows, there are special episodes showing the best of clips to rehashing of popular scenes from the series.
For "Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team", the storyline did not dwelve too much on Amada's trial and what happened behind-the-scenes. This special does. Duration wise for additional footage, not as much as one would like but even for popular Japanese dramas, same situation and sometimes there are no additional footage. So, the fact that we got a little insight of what happened during his trial, I was ok with it.
Since this DVD was released back in 2001, you can find "MILLER'S REPORT" for almost $5-$10 these days. And if you are planning to buy the collector's box set, the special comes with the box set.
All in all, I recommend this to fans of this awesome series! If 5 minutes of additional content does not set well with you, then you can bypass it.
Summary of Mobile Suit Gundam - The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (Movie)
In this brief OAV, Federation intelligence officer Alice Miller pretends to examine captured Zeon mobile armor, but she's really investigating the conduct of Lt. Shiro Amada during the skirmish that reunited him with Zeon noblewoman Aina Sahalin. Miller bluntly challenges Shiro's conviction that even enemy soldiers shouldn't be killed unnecessarily, but Shiro remains unshaken in his beliefs, even when staring down the barrel of a gun. Miller's Report consists almost entirely of recut footage from the 13-episode 08th MS Team adventure. Seeing Shiro and his loyal crew of misfits again is a welcome prospect, but there's very little that's new. The 08th MS Team is set in 0079 UC (Universal Century), within the main Gundam continuity. Rated 13 Up: Violence, profanity, brief nudity, alcohol and tobacco use. --Charles SolomonAction & Adventure DVD Video
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